The Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU presented its agriculture and fisheries work programme in Brussels on Monday 23 January, laying emphasis on the market situation, trade agreements, organic farming (a compromise text could be presented at the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture on 27 February) and the omnibus regulation (see EUROPE 11696).
Roderick Galdes, Maltese Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights said in Council that a draft compromise text on...